Confidence
Sue Hoppin has an accomplished background as a subject matter expert in military spouse and family issues, published author, coordinator of large-scale community events and an energetic activist in charitable fund raising. An ardent advocate for quality of life issues for military families and having navigated the waters herself for over 18 years as a spouse and a military family activist, Sue is in a position to speak authoritatively on the topic and lead others through the unique challenges of the military lifestyle. For all her work, Military Spouse Magazine twice named her among the top 12 leaders of military spouses.
Competence
Training
Sue Hoppin can prepare your staff and volunteers to meet the needs of military families. Sue has developed a number of award winning publications targeting different aspects of the military lifestyle. If you and your staff seek to better understand military family issues, Sue will create workbooks, training pamphlets and any number of educational publications, unique to your goals and needs. She will deliver these custom materials to your members, personally or virtually, present to your organization and discuss implementation methods until you have a long-term plan for working with local and national military families.
Publications:
Co-authored A Family’s Guide to the Military for Dummies
Focus on You: A Career Handbook for Military Spouses, APEX Award Winner
Family Matters: A Personal Inventory for Peace of Mind, APEX Award Winner
5 Simple Secrets to Maximizing Your Post 9-11 GI Bill, 2010 APEX Award Winner
MOAASpouse Blog, SNAP Bronze Award Winner
Speaking
Sue Hoppin speaks before government, nonprofit and private organizations. Groups that reach out to military families find Sue’s expertise comprehensive and timely. Sue focuses on informing the public and private sectors about the unique perspective of the military family, while encouraging military spouses to chart their own path. She can develop a single lecture or series of presentations that will educate and entertain your group. Comfortable with financial, career and education issues, colored by deployments, PCS’s and other military challenges, Sue is armed with the knowledge necessary to provide relevant information to those that need it. In addition to formal presentations, her subject matter expertise and ability to quickly synthesize information make her a highly sought out moderator for panels dealing with military family issues.
Presentations include:
Focus on You: Career Guidance for Military Spouses
Dollars and Sense of Working Outside the Home
What Have You Done for Me Lately: Latest Resources and Legislation Affecting Military Families
5 Simple Tricks for Maximizing Your Post 9-11 GI Bill Benefits
Social Networking 101
The ABC’s of Networking
Super Woman Syndrome
Past venues include:
National Capitol Region General Officer and Senior Executive Spouses’ Conference
DoD Family Readiness Conference
USO/JETS Spouses Career Expo
Army Wounded Warrior Career Expo
Air Combat Command Squadron Commanders’ Course
Air Combat Command Squadron Commanders’ Spouses’ Course
Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Family Readiness Conference
For a more complete listing, go to the Appearances page.
Consulting
If your business or nonprofit organization struggles to communicate with military families, Sue can help. Leveraging traditional and social media outlets, Sue will evaluate your current communications and craft custom solutions to build solid relationships with military families. While working at the Military Officer’s Association of America, an organization of over 375,000 members, Sue built and maintained the association’s military spouse outreach program. Sue can jumpstart or reenergize outreach initiatives for groups of all sizes. Sue also facilitates meetings among organizations and their constituencies to bridge the cultural gap between government, private and public groups and military communities.
Sue has planned small and large scale events, showcasing military life issues. She originated the MOAA Military Spouse Symposium in Virginia Beach, now in its 5th year, bringing together military spouses, policymakers and those working in the field of military family support for a day of networking and informative sessions. She has also created military spouse sessions to run in conjunction with MOAA annual meetings.
Past panels include:
Understanding Today’s Generation of Military Spouses
Mentoring Tomorrow’s Generation of Military Spouses: a Conversation with the Spouses of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Leading on the Homefront: the Evolving Role of Today’s Military Spouse
Creator of:
– MOAA Blog, Bronze SNAP award winner
– Annual Military Officer Association of America Spouse Symposium
– MOAA Currently Serving Spouse Advisory Council
Commitment
Sue’s fees are calculated based upon your needs and how she can deliver them. Please contact her here to discuss how she can help you better know America’s military families.
With her heart and mind invested in the military family community, Sue can deliver what you need to serve and understand this force behind the force.